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Black Ice

Black Ice exposes a history of racism in hockey through the untold stories of Black hockey players, both past and present, in a predominantly white sport.

Director

Hubert Davis

Year

Genre

documentary, sport

Box Office

$47,362

Production

UNINTERRUPTED,Bell Media,Crave

Awards

1 win & 3 nominations

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Coach Bill Peters

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- We as Canadians do this thing
where if we don't talk about it, - Black Ice

- We as Canadians do this thing where if we don't talk...

If we really want to look
at where we are now - Black Ice

If we really want to look at where we are now...

Then you have to look at
the journey that got us here. - Black Ice

Then you have to look at the journey that got us he...

- When I first got
introduced to hockey, - Black Ice

- When I first got introduced to hockey,...

(children yelling) - Black Ice

(children yelling)

Um, they wanted us to
still see ourselves as Canadian. - Black Ice

Um, they wanted us to still see ourselves as Cana...

(children yelling) - Black Ice

(children yelling)

- So when I was about
three years old, - Black Ice

- So when I was about three years old,...

And I remember him
teaching me how to skate - Black Ice

And I remember him teaching me how to skat...

He had emigrated
from Trinidad and Tobago, - Black Ice

He had emigrated from Trinidad and Tobago...

And when I was born and came
along, he introduced me. - Black Ice

And when I was born and came along, he introduced me...

You know, we'd go there.
and we'd start once a week, - Black Ice

You know, we'd go there. and we'd start ...

- I was five years old when I
first saw the game of ice hockey - Black Ice

- I was five years old when I first saw the game of ice h...

Once I found it,
it clicked - Black Ice

Once I found it, it clicked...

- Some of my first memories
are just walking around - Black Ice

- Some of my first memories are just walking around...

Finally, I was able to go to
some learn to skate programs - Black Ice

Finally, I was able to go to some learn to skate progr...

- A lot of us in the game
are most comfortable - Black Ice

- A lot of us in the game are most comfortable...

- Deep down inside, there was
just that burning desire to, - Black Ice

- Deep down inside, there was just that burning desire t...

I played because I loved
the sport and still do. - Black Ice

I played because I loved the sport and still do...

(street noise) - Black Ice

(children yelling) - Black Ice

(children yelling)

I think the culture and the
environment got me into it. - Black Ice

I think the culture and the environment got me into i...

I wanted to give it a try,
because it was almost like - Black Ice

I wanted to give it a try, because it was almost li...

All my buddies
were going to play hockey - Black Ice

All my buddies were going to play hocke...

But as soon as
I got into the game, - Black Ice

But as soon as I got into the game,...

It was the financial barriers
of how expensive it is. - Black Ice

It was the financial barriers of how expensive it is....

I had to buy skates
from a garage sale, - Black Ice

I had to buy skates from a garage sale,...

So you can imagine
what what the looks that I got - Black Ice

So you can imagine what what the looks that I...

So you kind of become insecure, - Black Ice

So you kind of become insecure,

Everywhere I went
I just felt a little bit off - Black Ice

Everywhere I went I just felt a little bit ...

Financially it was
really tough to find a spot - Black Ice

Financially it was really tough to find a sp...

I was just constantly running
into a wall at at every turn. - Black Ice

I was just constantly running into a wall at at every tu...

(Akim sighing) - Black Ice

- I can't do a single
leg squat like like, - Black Ice

- I can't do a single leg squat like li...

All my other
12 surgeries I was like - Black Ice

All my other 12 surgeries I was like...

- Man, I had 13 surgeries
before I turned 30 years old. - Black Ice

- Man, I had 13 surgeries before I turned 30 years o...

I don't know if I'm going to
be able to walk up the stairs in - Black Ice

I don't know if I'm going to be able to walk u...

I got a cup of tea at the
National Hockey League level - Black Ice

I got a cup of tea at the National Hockey League le...

But knowing the pros and cons
now what I've done to my body - Black Ice

But knowing the pros and cons now what I've done to...

Then they paint this picture
of you as being somebody - Black Ice

Then they paint this picture of you as being somebod...

The culture is so ingrained in
our minds that whatever happens - Black Ice

The culture is so ingrained in our minds that whatever hap...

- Akim Alou, claims that
Flames Head Coach Bill Peters - Black Ice

- Akim Alou, claims that Flames Head Coach Bill Pet...

The future of a coach
is on the line - Black Ice

The future of a coach is on the line...

- A player, Peters coached
in the minors is accusing him - Black Ice

- A player, Peters coached in the minors is accusing ...

- He wasn't behind the bench
for tonight's game - Black Ice

- He wasn't behind the bench for tonight...

- I can tell you this,
as far as I'm concerned, - Black Ice

- I can tell you this, as far as I'm conc...

- When Akim spoke out, - Black Ice

- When Akim spoke out,

And I knew there was
going to be a lot of - Black Ice

And I knew there was going to be a lot of...

- This is a situation where you
might have done something - Black Ice

- This is a situation where you might have done somethin...

- Why do you think
he chose now, - Black Ice

- Why do you think he chose now,...

As a black hockey player,
we tried so hard to blend in - Black Ice

As a black hockey player, we tried so hard to blend...

- There are definitely painful
things that have - Black Ice

- There are definitely painful things that have...

- This is the biggest
story in a while - Black Ice

- This is the biggest story in a while...

- Having someone
in the position that he was in, - Black Ice

- Having someone in the position that he was...

(dramatic music) - Black Ice

(dramatic music)

- This is my silver medal - Black Ice

- This is my silver medal

This here,
this is from minor days, - Black Ice

This here, this is from minor days...

What year this is, I would
have been 10. Yeah, 10. - Black Ice

What year this is, I would have been 10. Yeah, 10...

My dad grew up in Scarborough,
and he played hockey, - Black Ice

My dad grew up in Scarborough, and he played hockey,...

I'm sure my dad will tell you,
he kind of has a process - Black Ice

I'm sure my dad will tell you, he kind of has a p...

I told them a little bit about
like how you have a process - Black Ice

I told them a little bit about like how you have a proc...

- Yeah, my process is
I go walk around the arena, - Black Ice

- Yeah, my process is I go walk around the aren...

And then I see if there's any
black faces in the arena. - Black Ice

And then I see if there's any black faces in the ...

And usually
it's, it's not there. - Black Ice

And usually it's, it's n...

So that's how I know
the environment that I'm in, - Black Ice

So that's how I know the environment that...

And when I'm comfortable,
I make other people comfortable. - Black Ice

And when I'm comfortable, I make other people co...

So that's my goal
of how I deal with it. - Black Ice

So that's my goal of how I deal wit...

But um yeah, - Black Ice

Because it's not, it makes
me feel uncomfortable. - Black Ice

Because it's not, it makes me feel uncomfort...

- We're going to use that little
crossover squat, the open squat, - Black Ice

- We're going to use that little crossover squat, the o...

- The first racist incident
that I vividly remember, - Black Ice

- The first racist incident that I vividly remember,...

And I was in the dressing
room with my teammates, - Black Ice

And I was in the dressing room with my teammates,...

And one of my
teammates quickly replied, - Black Ice

And one of my teammates quickly replie...

And at that point in time,
I was about 12, - Black Ice

And at that point in time, I was about 12,...

- Left. Right, right. - Black Ice

- Left. Right, right.

That definitely led to me
kind of questioning - Black Ice

That definitely led to me kind of questioning...

Um and you know whether
these people were my friends - Black Ice

Um and you know whether these people were my frie...

I had never realized that
they viewed me differently - Black Ice

I had never realized that they viewed me different...

In the first few years
after that happened, - Black Ice

In the first few years after that happened,...

Whether it was
the clothes I was wearing, - Black Ice

Whether it was the clothes I was wearin...

And for my teammates to want me - Black Ice

And for my teammates to want me

- When I started out,
I'll be honest, - Black Ice

- When I started out, I'll be honest...

But I was a little kid
and as my dad told me, - Black Ice

But I was a little kid and as my dad told me,...

After that, I played one game
and I just fell in love with it, - Black Ice

After that, I played one game and I just fell in love wit...

And I looked at my dad, said,
"Well I'm going to be a goalie" - Black Ice

And I looked at my dad, said, "Well I'm going t...

(zipper closing) - Black Ice

(zipper closing)

I like being
the guy who has to - Black Ice

I like being the guy who has to...

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Black Ice exposes a history of racism in hockey through the untold stories of Black hockey players, both past and present, in a predominantly white sport.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Hubert Davis

Writer: Darril Fosty

Production: UNINTERRUPTED,Bell Media,Crave

Genre: documentary, sport

Year: 2023

MetaScore: 82/100

ImdbRating: 6.2

BoxOffice: $47,362

Released: 02 Feb 2023

Awards: 1 win & 3 nominations

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